Art1

• Representational art


  Depict or describe a person, object, scene or situation. Examples are painting, sculpture, literature and theater arts.
• Non-representational art


  Do not present identifiable objects or symbols. Examples are architecture and some musical pieces.
• Subject


  Whatever is represented in a work of art. It has three levels of meaning interpretation: factual literal presentation, conventional-special meaning related to a culture or religion, subjective-personal intention of the artist understood only through his interpretation.
• Functional/applied arts


  Arts designed to directly affect people. Examples are architecture, weaving, furniture-making, textile, and a few crafts.
• Non-functional/fine arts


  Art concerned with the creation of objects of imagination for its own sake without relation to function or utility. Examples are painting, music, sculpture, literature and theater arts.
• Mediums


  • Colored pigments (in painting)
  • Any tangible thing such as stone, wood, metal, etc. (in sculpture)
  • Various building materials (in architecture)
  • Sound (in music)
  • Words (in literature)
  • Parts of the body (in dance)
• Visual or Space Arts

  Occupy space and can be seen
• Tonal or Time Arts


  Expressed in time and can be heard
• Combined Arts


  Can both be seen and heard
• Art styles


  • Prehistoric
  • Primitive
  • Classical Greek
  • Medieval
  • Renaissance
  • Baroque
  • Neoclassic
  • Rococo
  • Romantic
  • Modern/Contemporary